March FLOWER FARM tasks - planting dahlias - rotavating beds -spring cut flower seed sowing
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- This week I'm continiung to prepare the flower farm for the season ahead. I'm sowing seeds, planting dahlias ready for taking cuttings, rotavating the field and planting biennials in the polytunnel.
Here's a great vlog that was recommended to me about dahlia division: summerdreamsfa...
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thanks for sharing and showing ..a big like and a happy sunday ..ann sander
I’m really impressed with your farm! You’re living my dream, girl 🙌🏼 Love your content 🌺🌸🌼🌻
I love watching your videos. It's the only channel I think I've ever clicked the 🔔 for! I also basically never comment on anything but your videos are always worth it! X
Wow that’s a huge compliment thank you!! Glad you’re enjoying the videos 😁
I'm glad that your TH-cam channel is keeping you accountable to do all the jobs you have been putting off because now you have motivated me to do the same 😂 thanks for sharing the motivation ☺️ Again fantastic content I'm enjoying the real everyday life of a flower farmer. You definitely need to reward yourself for all the hard work you have done, make Rob give you a foot massage 😂
Haha glad you’re feeling motivated! I’ve found it feels so much better to just do things, rather than not doing them and worrying about it instead! Haha there’s fat chance I’ll be getting a foot massage 😂 but maybe when the salons open again I’ll have to treat myself to a massage!
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This was my first year storing dahlia tubers and was so disappointed when I found about half of my stock had mold because I read that you'd have to toss them... thankfully I found an article that suggested the bleach solution and it totally worked, my tubers are fine now. I used about a cup of bleach in a 5 gallon bucket and dipped the tubers in for 20 seconds or so then let them dry before storing again and they are doing great in storage months later.
Love watching your progress💖
So glad your tubers are good again! Good luck with them this year 🌸
Making videos motivates you. And your videos motivates me! Lots of chores waiting on me too
I've realized that consistency is key on YT. Since starting my channel, every time something comes up, & I'm not able to post EVERY Saturday, I see a very big difference in the growth of my channel... I think if you posted more consistently, YT would recommend your videos to more people, & you would have a lot more subscribers, because your channel is great!
Thanks Candace, I guess youtube needs to needs to know you’re serious before it starts recommending you to more people! I definitely feel in the right place to be uploading more frequently at the moment! I’ve just subscribed to your channel 🌸
@@bloomandgray Ahh! Thanks sooooo much! & yes I think so!
You have a gold mine I just love checking in daily to see what you're doing .great work ethics spirit
Thank you!
Such a great start. Spring will be here soon 🌱🌱🌱🌱☀️☀️☀️☀️
Bonjour,
J'adore vos vidéos, un jardinier français qui va bientôt semer ses Zinnias. Merci pour vos tips et votre expérience. Yvan
Love your video logs Sarah. They're so refreshing, funny and honest! Pencil works on the plastic labels just as well. Then you can use a rubber to remove the pencil and reuse them next year
Firstly love your videos can't wait to see how everything looks in the summer after all your hard work. About losing your label pen I only ever use a pencil for labels it never washes off or fades if you press firmly I've had labels still legible after 3 years in the ground outside hope this helps
So true, you put off these jobs then when you actually do them, you wonder what the problem was! I note your comments bout weed control fabric making the difference. I’m about to get some. It will help me define the beds properly and forces me to think about how and when I replenish the soil, as well as the weeding reduction. It’s a winner all round. I hope so anyway!
It will definitely make your life easier! Time spent doing more valuable tasks!
Just started watching your videos, I have a lot of catching up to do (subscribed). They all look informative and interesting. I cannot see your pig working with me in my 6'x6' greenhouse, though. thanks .
Hi John, thanks for subscribing! I’m sure everyones got room for a pig! 😂
It looks so good!! I love to “see” progress after a hard days work too!! I spent all most all day yesterday putting things in larger pots and I CANT wait to get outside!! I got to go get a new tiller in the next week or two I’m not renting one again this year and I’m expanding ALOT!!! My garden wouldn’t be possible without the fabric I LOVE IT!!! I look forward to the next video!!
I love watching your videos. I too have potted all of my dahlias this week, and also picked up a few new ones! 🌸🌿
Nice!! I must admit I was looking online for more tubers the other day but I stopped myself!!
Great shots in this video Sarah! Glad your feeling to top of things this year. You defiantly making me feel motivated and of course the alpacas are adorable as always!
Thank you!
MULCHED. Thank you for the video! Enjoyed it.
Thank you so much for your videos, you are such an inspiration!
That’s so kind thank you 😊
Safety first 😎👓⚠️ See you Sunday! I love your music choices on your videos! Great editing!
Thank you! I’m still learning!!
Nice one! Good luck with your farm!
Love this ! Cant wait for the summer to come ! Great video keep it up!
Me too! Can’t wait for some sunshine and warmth (and flowers!)
For under table heating check out the veggie boys channel for their greenhouse. The use a water heater that moves heated water through pipes under the table and a probe in and empty soil cell to control soil temps.
Thanks for the recommendation Thomas I’ll check that out
Another great video, really good tips for dahlias thank you, just been to shut my greenhouse up and found one of my chickens sat roosting on my snapdragon seed trays, I can only hope the heat helps with germination 🙄🙂
Oh dear! 😂 I keep finding a cheeky robin in my greenhouse so I need to remember to keep the door closed! I don’t want him stealing my seeds!
I just hose my dahlias of when I dig thel up and let them dry before I store them so I have clean ones to divide in the spring
Off to a great start!
I grow veggies and fruits. I should grow some flowers too ❤️. Wonderful video.
You should! You’ll get hooked I’m sure!
@@bloomandgray my seed addiction is about to blossom 😂
Our weather was finally beautiful today, in the 50's and sunny all day. I was able to spend the entire day outside, only had to come in to make dinner for the family. Just checked the weather forecast and we are going back into the freezing temps. Darn it! Time to spend my days inside sowing more seeds.
Is it officially Spring for you there?
Haha we’ve had a ‘false spring’ like this too. Yesterday was sooo cold. official spring starts on the 20th March.
Hi.
Try reptil termostat controlers.
They work fine for me. And just 12€-17€ on ebay or amazon. 10£-15£ . I order from china and comes with UK plug. But any pet shop have.
Snap : my belt has come off the rotavator too in wet clay soil . I'm just gonna compost the top and direct sow seeds later on the year :) or grow some Turfs from seeds in the tunnel and lay em on the top :)
Good idea!! Hoping it will dry up a little bit more so i can get back in there!
What temp outside and inside your greenhouse when you are doing these tasks? How warm would your polytunnel be in comparison, thanks in advance love your videos!
Hi very good channel and very informative. I was just wondering if you have ever considered trying a dig approach even to one area to see if it fits in with your business. You have access to lots of manure etc and you were saying that you buy in organic compost. Might save you a lot of back breaking work?
Hi Sean most of my beds are no dig once I get them started. I just like to get them rotavated over first and then in the years following I’ll just mulch with compost and won’t do any more rotavating after that.
@@bloomandgray thanks for the reply. Sorry I didn't know that . You certainly have a lot of work on your hands but I'd love all the greenhouse/polytunnel work area. A dream job
Loving your videos! A quick question...some of my seeds are coming through in the soil blocks, a new venture! But not all...do I leave them on the heat mat (they need 20C at least) till hey are all through...don’t want the ones that have germinated to get ‘leggy’. Do you put lights above them ever?
Hey! I think you have to take it day by day and see how legginess compares to germination rate. Then pick your moment to take them off. If they’re getting enough daylight then they shouldn’t get too leggy. I don’t use lights at the moment but I’m thinking of investing next season for use in the new workshop x
Thank you...don’t know how you find the time to reply so quickly. Many you tubers don’t, though I rarely contact myself!
Not really familiar with a "muck heap" but it seems like something that could be used as compost. Is that correct? If not, what do you do with the "muck" stored there?
It’s the heap we have on the farm that has all the dirty animal bedding.. horse manure and straw. It gets spread on the fields in autumn usually
@@bloomandgray wow what a great resource!
Hi Sarah
You have lots of origano in your pollytunnel. Is this to sell as a herb or to use in your bouquets?
I use it for bouquets when it goes to flower. It’s lovely.
Maybe I need to start a TH-cam channel so I will be productive and get my list of chores completed! 😜
Haha depends how self motivated you are 😂
I am interested in sourcing some of the blue and black crates shown in your video at 3:41. Do you have a source to share? Thanks! Love your videos.
Hi Beth I talked about where I get them from at the start of the vid. I got them from a pub for free
@@bloomandgray Yikes - how did I miss that?! Thanks!
Hello from Wisconsin USA! Zone 5a
I just love following all your hard work and rewards!
I’m a veggie grower and this will be my first year growing lots & lots of flowers 🤞
I’m so excited!
So I was wondering what your location/zone was...and if you could share what weed clothe you use?
Thanks 😊
Hey I looked zones up the other day and I think I was equivalent to zone 8/9? You’ll get hooked on the flower growing. I believe the fabric I buy is 100gsm and i buy it in 100m rolls by 1.5 m
Alright! Ty for the info! Your seasons warming up much faster than mine!
I’ll just keep watching and learning and waiting for my days to get warmer 😁
In the US we can it a rototiller 🤓
Hi, what spacing do you use for your ranunculus?
9 inch spacing 😁
Was going to grow dahlias from seed when is the best time ?
Probably about now! I grew 30 meters of dahlias from seed last year and they all came up fantastically
@@bloomandgray cheers 👍
i think those dahlias are no good they should have been over wintered inside and planted this year.